BOSTON (WBZ-AM/24/7 NewsSource) -- As the legislative session winds down, the Safe Roads Alliance is lobbying for a bill that would require hands-free driving in Massachusetts. If passed, the bill would ban drivers from using hand-held cell phones.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says distracted driving, primarily due to cell phones, causes ten percent of deadly crashes. More than a dozen states, including every New England state except Massachusetts and Maine, have enacted hands-free laws.

Standing in front of the State House Wednesday, Medford's Emily Stein, President of the Massachusetts Safe Roads Alliance, told WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Bill Marcus she wants lawmakers in the Bay State to require hands-free driving.